Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted his team have a big hurdle to overcome on Wednesday if they want to reach the last 16 of the Champions League, but the Frenchman is confident. The English Premier League side have to beat hosts Olympiakos by at least two clear goals — or beat them by one but by scoring at least three times — to go through. But the in-form hosts are unbeaten in their domestic league and beat Arsenal 3-2 at the Emirates Stadium in September. “If you want to jump a hurdle, you do not think what happens if…
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Current UCL holders Barcelona suffered an injury blow on Tuesday as Brazil star Neymar limped out of training ahead of his team’s Champions League clash at Bayer Leverkusen. “During training this evening, Neymar suffered a small muscle injury in the abductor of his left leg,” Barcelona said in a statement ahead of Wednesday’s match. “The development of the injury will determine his availability for the upcoming games.” The 23-year-old is expected to be absent against Leverkusen, but of more concern for Barca is whether he will be ready for the Club World Cup with the Catalans set to play their…
Bayern Munich’s chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has criticised Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal over comments he made about the Bastian Schweinsteiger’s current form. “I’m a bit disappointed with Louis, he should leave Bastian alone. He was the one who definitely wanted to sign him,” Rummenigge told German magazine Sport Bild. “Bastian needs a bit of time (to adjust). “You can’t just give a veridct on him already.” Before the start of the season, Schweinsteiger left Bayern after 14 years to join United, where his ex-Munich coach Van Gaal is the manager and he wanted Germany’s captain in the Red Devils’…
Arsenal defender Mathieu Debuchy wants to discuss his future with manager Arsene Wenger before the January transfer window as he looks to earn his place in the France squad for Euro 2016. Debuchy has played just seven times for his club this season due to a series of injuries and the emergence of youngster Hector Bellerin. The 30-year-old was not included in the France squad which played Germany and England last month and Debuchy is concerned by his lack of first-team action. “We talked about my situation in pre-season, I haven’t talked to him recently, but we’ll talk before the…
Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 3-2 defeat at Wolfsburg, who made club history by reaching the knock-out stages. German Cup holders Wolfsburg advanced to the last 16 for the first time as Group B winners thanks to their come-back win at the sold-out Volkswagen Arena. The defeat puts United manager Louis van Gaal under pressure with his side now winless in their last four games. PSV Eindhoven’s 2-1 win at home to CSKA Moscow allowed the Dutch to claim second place at Manchester’s expense as third-placed United now drop into the Europa League.…
Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal needs to be given more time so that the club can see good changes as a result of allowing him to develop his own ideas, former United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference in Belgrade, Schmeichel defended Van Gaal’s style, which has been called boring by many fans and pundits. “When we picked someone like Louis Van Gaal, who has a very big ego and personality, we also picked his way of playing football,” said the popular Dane, who won five Premier League titles, three FA Cups and the…
Cristiano Ronaldo did not stop his record-breaking form in the Champions League by becoming the first player to score 11 goals in a single season of the group stages. The World Player of the Year broke the previous record of nine held by himself in 2013/14 and Luiz Adriano for Shakhtar Donetsk last season by scoring four against Swedish champions Malmo on Tuesday. Ronaldo now has 88 Champions League goals to his name, nine more than Barcelona rival Lionel Messi. The Portuguese scored all 11 of his goals in just four games after netting a hat-trick at home to Shakhtar…
Singer Timaya shared a photo on his Instagram page this morning with the caption “Early start. But I still thank God I don’t do 9 to 5, or 8 to 6 job. LMFAO… Bless”. This comes after Timaya posted yesterday that he was glad he doesn’t have a 9-5 job as he was chilling with his guys on a Monday morning. Some of his followers felt he was mocking those who have a regular job and took no chill in expressing their feelings.
King Sunny Ade, actress Bukky Wright and others visited the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
Rick Ross has linked his album release run to an explosion of creativity and ideas. Between March 2014 and now, Ross has released six projects which includes three albums and three mixtapes, the most recent being his eighth studio LP, Black Market. ‘Over the last two years it was just like an explosion of creativity, music and ideas’, Rick Ross said during a recently published interview with Rolling Stone. ‘It’s just a lot of things, creatively, just fell in place. ‘Music-wise I was able to put out Mastermind and seven months later put out another project that could be perceived…
AKA’s daughter Kairo attended her bestie Madison’s pool party. Madison, the daughter of South African, rapper Da L.E.S, celebrated her second birthday last week. Kairo looked super cute in a black Lullaby Rock romper. AKA shared a picture of the two girls on his Instagram. He captioned the picture: ‘Look at these two rascals!!! Missing Madison’s 2nd birthday pool party because I’m working.’
Ed Sheeran has revealed he will undergo an operation next month after he ruptured his eardrum while holidaying in Spain with a sect of friends earlier this year. The ‘Thinking Out Loud’ hitmaker will need to have an operation early next year to repair his perforated eardrum. Ed reportedly leaped from a yacht into the sea during his trip to Spain with a group of thrill-seeking friends which lead to the injury. Speaking on Australian radio station Nova FM, he said: ‘I have to have an operation in January on my ear because I stupidly jumped off a yacht really…
The 58th edition of annual Grammy Awards will hold at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Monday, February 15, 2016. The news of the nominations sent social media on fire with comments and reactions from fans and nominees. While many of the nominees showed surprise at being nominated (we don’t believe you are surprised Ed Sheeran!), they were all appreciative of the honour and recognition. Ed Sheeran had this to say .
The 58th edition of annual Grammy Awards will hold at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Monday, February 15, 2016. The news of the nominations sent social media on fire with comments and reactions from fans and nominees. While many of the nominees showed surprise at being nominated, they were all appreciative of the honour and recognition. John Legend had this to say ’4 grammy nominations. thank you’…
Did you miss the marvellous show last month, where Falz Tha Bahd Guy and Waka Queen, Salawa Abeni thrilled the audience? Here is your chance to experience it. Fans of the monthly Afropolitan Vibes will get to see a legend perform at this month’s edition, as Sir Shina Peters will be performing at the event, the last edition of the gig for the year. Scheduled to hold on Friday December 18, 2015, fans of the monthly gig will be treated to the best of ‘Afro-Juju’ songs and energetic performance from Sir Shina Peters, who is set to bring nostalgic excitement…
Brad Pitt has reportedly purchased a £5 million watch from an auction in Geneva. The 51-year-old actor is believed to have bid for the collector’s item when he attended the Only Watch auction in Geneva and came away with the rare Patek Philippe wristwatch, which sold for a record-breaking price. The Swiss-made timepiece was originally listed with an asking price of roughly £460,000 but after an intense bidding war it was purchased for just under £5 million. The auction house said in a statement: ‘It’s the highest price ever paid for a wristwatch at auction.’ It’s not the first time…
As Gbenro Ajibade celebrates another birthday, his beautiful wife Osas Ighodaro has taken to Instagram to celebrate him. The beautiful actress penned a romantic message saying ‘Blessed are we to celebrate this your first birthday as a married couple!!! May this be the first until forever… I Love You Gbenro Emmanuel Ajibade’.
Arsenal will put one of the best Champions League records up for grabs when they face Olympiakos Piraeus in a clash for second spot in Group F on Wednesday. As well as competing in the tournament for the 18th season consecutively, the London club have qualified for the second stage in each of the past 15 campaigns. That run is in jeopardy, not so much due to a 5-1 hammering at group winners Bayern Munich but because Arsenal were beaten in their opening two games including a shock 3-2 defeat at home to Olympiakos. Now they must reverse that scoreline…
Warri Wolves attacking midfielder, Ikechukwu Ibenegbu has said he is quite happy to be back to the senior national team, Super Eagles. The skillful playmaker is among the 26 domestic professionals Super Eagles manager, Sunday Oliseh named in his provisional list for the upcoming fourth African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Kigali, Rwanda early next year. The bronze winners are pitched in Group C together with Niger Republic, Tunisia and Guinea. Ibenegbu said he will give 100% performance to ensure Nigeria emerge winners in Kigali, Rwanda. “I’m happy to be among the players invited to camp in preparation for the African…
Changing Liverpool’s mentality is a vital task for manager Jurgen Klopp, centre back Dejan Lovren has said, while offering a glimpse into the German’s training methods. Klopp took over from Brendan Rodgers in October and instantly got a good start at Anfield, going through six games unbeaten before losing to Crystal Palace and winning the next four until his side were recently defeated by Newcastle United on Sunday. “We have only been working with him a short time, barely two months, and we have already had some good results with him,” Croatia international Lovren told the club’s website (www.liverpoolfc.com). “With…